18 Feb 21 | Podcast
Are financial institutions ignoring deforestation?
Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson from Global Canopy talk with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about t...
Innovation Forum Podcast
Innovation Forum hosts a weekly podcast along with regular interviews with business leaders in sustainability. Each week, we summarise the latest sustainability news and announcements, and get the views of leading experts on business critical issues. Widely regarded as one of the best sustainability podcasts around, stay tuned for regular insights, debate and analysis.
From data gaps to compliance: the role of Geospatial AI in sustainability
Sustainability claims are facing increasing scrutiny, with rising costs, data uncertainty and growing pressure on businesses to provide verifiable proof of their effor...
22 May 2025 - 14:00
Voices from the field: how US farmers are shaping sustainable farming
This week: Kevin Burkum, CEO of US Farmers and Ranchers in Action, and Michael Crinion, a South Dakota-based farmer and chair of USFRA, talk with Ian Welsh about the evolving challenges facing US agriculture. They explore how climate volatility, trade policies and supply chain pressures are reshaping farming, and why resilience, community and innovation are key to long-term success.Plus: Apple ...
24 Apr 25
12 Feb 21 | Weekly podcast
Manage apparel sector human rights risks by empowering producer communities
This week: Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, discusses how brand buyers can work with cotton pro...
11 Feb 21 | Podcast
Materials innovation and sustainability: the business opportunities in 2021
In this extended discussion, hear experts from Neste, Covestro, Unilever and the European Commiss...
04 Feb 21 | Weekly podcast
Renewable energy’s human rights risks
Jessie Cato from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre talks about the latest tracker fol...
03 Feb 21 | Podcast
Deforestation commitments without implementation in palm oil
ZSL’s Eleanor Spencer and Ian Welsh talk about the latest SPOTT survey into transparency and stre...
28 Jan 21 | Weekly podcast
Why financial institutions have $2.7tn of exposure to deforestation
This week: Global Canopy’s Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson discuss the latest Forest 500 report, ...
28 Jan 21 | Podcast
How the US will regain climate leadership
Nathalie Walker, director for tropical forests and agriculture at the National Wildlife Federatio...
22 Jan 21 | Weekly podcast
How to align palm oil value chains
Ying Xuen Hoe, project manager, Proforest Southeast Asia, Rashyid Redza bin Anwarudin, head, grou...
21 Jan 21 | Podcast
Scaling-up finance for sustainable agriculture
Victoria Crawford, manager of the Investment Partnership Network at Just Rural Transition, and fr...
21 Jan 21 | Podcast
How better visibility can help de-commoditise supply chains
Niels Wielaard founder and CEO of Satelligence talks with Ian Welsh about initiatives that are de...
15 Jan 21 | Podcast
What action is necessary for resilient smallholder supply chains?
Peter Stanbury, senior associate at Innovation Forum, talks with Ian Welsh about new research int...
15 Jan 21 | Weekly podcast
2020 targets missed, so what now for palm oil?
This week: Eleanor Spencer, palm oil specialist at ZSL, on the latest SPOTT survey assessment on ...